climate change Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

DELTA ADAPTS: Climate change vulnerability assessment looks at climate impacts to Delta as a place, agriculture, recreation, and infrastructure

January 12, 2021 145

Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future is the Delta Stewardship Council’s effort to conduct the first-ever climate change vulnerability...

DELTA ADAPTS: Preliminary findings from the first comprehensive climate change vulnerability assessment for the Delta

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Meetings

December 2, 2020 369

Study assesses climate change risks to the Delta’s vulnerable communities, ecosystems, water supply, and flood management [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Delta Adapts: Creating...

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

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Conferences and Seminars

October 21, 2020 519

Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...

GUEST COMMENTARY: How to Use Climate Change in California Water Resource Litigation

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Guest blogger

July 30, 2020 257

Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani: Insofar as climate change and water resources is concerned, there are many related issues,...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

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Meetings

June 17, 2020 324

In October 2019, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Priorities for California’s Water, which outlined California’s...

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

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Science on the Notebook

June 2, 2020 247

Conditions in the Delta are changing at a rapid pace and the future is likely to look very different than...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

Maven

Guest blogger

December 23, 2019 477

…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels...

LIVING SHORELINES: Linking estuary habitats and building capacity to adapt to rising seas

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Conferences and Seminars

November 14, 2019 463

A living shoreline is a shoreline protection alternative that relies on the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and...

DR. GEETA PERSAD: Climate change and the future of California’s water

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Conferences and Seminars

November 7, 2019 835

Climate change is already transforming California’s water cycle, putting stress on the state’s rigidly engineered water infrastructure as well as...

DECISION SCALING: A risk management approach in Delta water supply vulnerability

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Conferences and Seminars

October 31, 2019 660

Planning for future conditions has always involved uncertainty, but the additional uncertainty imposed by a changing climate means new approaches...

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

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Conferences and Seminars

August 14, 2019 861

Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...

GUEST COMMENTARY: What Does Climate Change Really Mean to California’s Water Resources?

Robert Shibatani

Guest blogger

August 6, 2019 272

Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani Whether you are a water utility manager, elected official, or homeowner, future water availability is...

CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

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Conferences and Seminars

May 30, 2019 558

Assessment looks at six categories of vulnerability: wildfire, extreme heat, sea level rise, long-term persistent hydrologic changes, short-term extreme hydrologic...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Science-Based Regulatory Permitting for Resilient Tidal Habitat Restorations

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Science on the Notebook

February 21, 2019 189

The permitting of tidal restoration projects is most often a costly and time-consuming process, causing substantial delays in implementation while...

DR. BRAD UDALL: Is the Colorado River in Crisis?

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Conferences and Seminars

February 20, 2019 906

Dr. Udall discusses the Colorado River’s hydrology, climate change impacts, shortage risk, and the Drought Contingency Plan Dr. Brad Udall...

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MEETING: Delta Watermaster breaks down water use in the Delta, addresses implementation of reduced reliance on the Delta

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

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Groundwater problems and prospects, part 7: Groundwater-dependent ecosystems and the groundwater-surface water connection

DELTA ADAPTS: Climate change vulnerability assessment looks at climate impacts to Delta as a place, agriculture, recreation, and infrastructure

DELTA ADAPTS: Preliminary findings from the first comprehensive climate change vulnerability assessment for the Delta

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

GUEST COMMENTARY: How to Use Climate Change in California Water Resource Litigation

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

LIVING SHORELINES: Linking estuary habitats and building capacity to adapt to rising seas

DR. GEETA PERSAD: Climate change and the future of California’s water

DECISION SCALING: A risk management approach in Delta water supply vulnerability

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

GUEST COMMENTARY: What Does Climate Change Really Mean to California’s Water Resources?

CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Science-Based Regulatory Permitting for Resilient Tidal Habitat Restorations

DR. BRAD UDALL: Is the Colorado River in Crisis?